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Senate Votes to Toughen Penalty for Dealing Heroin

By The Associated Press

FRANKFORT, KY - The Kentucky Senate has passed a bill that would lead to tougher penalties for people convicted of trafficking in smaller amounts of heroin or fentanyl.

Senators voted 36-0 Tuesday to send the measure to the House.

Republican Sen. John Schickel says his bill would end lighter punishments for people dealing small amounts of heroin. He says what's been missing in the debate regarding heroin-related punishment is the role of personal responsibility.

Under the bill, people convicted a first time of trafficking in any amount of heroin or fentanyl would be guilty of a Class C felony, punishable by five to 10 years in prison. Under current law, people face lighter penalties if they're convicted of trafficking less than two grams of the drug.

This is so appropriate this close to groundhog day. Heroin today is like crack cocaine of the 80's. Law enforcement got tough on crack back then like you are doing now with heroin and Fentenyl. It will turn out that the offenders will be predominantly black and a future light skinned black president will commute their sentences because they are non-violent and were too harshly dealt with as compared to the light skinned cannabinoid smokers. This is where they say "those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it". Your Attorney General Andy B. was and is a staunch proponent of the Presidential commutations, I got that straight from his lips in a face to face conversation at a seminar.